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by LED Waves. Its high-performance heat sinks on the firm’s LED MR16s as well as their series of PAR LED light bulbs are all covered by a 5 year warranty.
Bridgelux unveils novel platform for SSL design
The US firm’s new packaging system broadens array performance at the same time as reducing the cost of LED lighting
Bridgelux is launching the Vero LED array, a lighting platform that simplifies design integration and manufacturing and gives designers more flexible LED lighting solutions.
The Vero packaged array technology offers future opportunities to integrate smart sensors and wireless communication technology for smart building control systems and other applications.
Vero advancements revolve around three primary innovations: a new, higher flux density LED array, an increase in lumens per watt by up to 20 percent over existing Bridgelux LED arrays and a simplified assembly process that streamlines manufacturing and improves overall system reliability.
Bridgelux says the Vero platform will allow manufacturers to dramatically reduce electronic and optical component inventories while broad input current ranges allow designers to optimise products on efficiency, cost, and light output.
“The Vero platform is a major advancement in LED array packaging technology,” says Jim Miller, chief sales and marketing officer of Bridgelux.
“The Vero product is manufactured using highly automated processes to reduce cost and can be easily upgraded for the smart applications of the future. The Vero array offers our customers the manufacturing and design capabilities they need to open up new design possibilities, while ultimately driving faster adoption of LED lighting.”
Vero Platform Technical Details
The Vero platform provides complete application coverage from four form factors, delivering the light
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output and colour temperatures required for retail, hospitality, commercial, industrial, residential and outdoor lighting applications.
The arrays will initially be available with performance ranging from 800 lumens in warm white (3000K) up to 20,000 lumens in cool white (5000K) with multiple CCT and CRI options, including the 97 CRI Decor product option.
With significant advancements in luminaire design flexibility, the Vero product offers a light emitting surface (LES) area with higher flux densities than earlier Bridgelux array designs. The Vero LED array has been engineered to be driven reliably at much higher drive currents than previous offerings to further increase performance and reduce cost.
These new features allow luminaire designers to develop smaller, sleeker designs and to deliver narrow beam angles for spot and track applications facilitating high contrast ratio lighting designs.
The Vero arrays are compatible with a wide variety of standard drivers and optical components, providing manufacturers with greater flexibility and more options than normal. This shortens product development times, lowering inventory requirements and reducing costs.
The new Vero array series will also delight many luminaire manufacturers with enhanced interface and connection options. The electrical connection may be established via user friendly solder pads or by using a solderless on-board connector provided by Molex. The Vero line combines the advanced light source with innovative connector options into a single, easy to integrate package.
The Vero platform is currently being evaluated by Bridgelux customers and will be commercially available in the first quarter of 2013.
Luminus LEDs honoured for being green
The company has been recognised for creating technology innovations in green technology
Luminus Devices has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the GoingGreen Silicon Valley Global 200
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